September 17, 2021 1 min read

Groups Urge CA Governor to Sign Genetic Testing Privacy Bill

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In a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom, Consumer Federation of America and other consumer, privacy and civil liberties groups urged him to sign SB 41, a bill that requires direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies to obtain consumers’ permission before disclosing the results of their tests to third parties and limits the ways this sensitive information can be used without consumers’ consent.

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